Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2018
A randomized trial of contingency management reinforcing attendance at treatment: Do duration and timing of reinforcement matter?
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04544124 (Expanding Capacity in Alberta to Deliver Contingency Patient Management in Outpatient Addiction Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Expanding Capacity in Alberta to Deliver Contingency Patient Management in Outpatient Addiction Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial for Methamphetamine Use
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial interventions for stimulant use disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Do financial incentives increase mental health treatment engagement? A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Contingency management for treatment attendance: A meta-analysis.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Pooled it
- Sequential multiple assignment randomized trial studies should report all key components: a systematic review.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Volunteer Recovery Support for Adolescents: Using propensity score based methods to understand dosage effects within a randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Project MIMIC (Maximizing Implementation of Motivational Incentives in Clinics): A cluster-randomized type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2021Trial
- Inhibitory-control training for cocaine use disorder and contingency management for clinic attendance: A randomized pilot study of feasibility, acceptability and initial efficacy.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Contingency Management for Veteran Smokers Undergoing Elective Major Surgery: Protocol and Rationale for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Targeting Addiction Treatment Engagement: A Canadian Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Remotely Administered Contingency Management for Treatment Attendance: Cibler l'engagement en matière de traitement des dépendances : essai d'efficacité à répartition aléatoire mené au Canada portant sur la gestion des contingences mise en œuvre à distance pour la participation au traitement.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
- A review of use of external data and update on reporting standards in Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomised Trials.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2026Review
- Implementing incentives in family medicine for opioid use disorder treatment: a qualitative inquiry on provider and patient preferences for a low magnitude reward program compatible with buprenorphine treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- The peers expanding engagement in stimulant harm reduction with contingency management study: a protocol paper.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Implementing contingency management in family medicine: A qualitative inquiry on provider and patient preferences for a low magnitude reward program compatible with buprenorphine treatment.Research square · 2025Article
- Contingency Management for Drug Use Disorders: Meta-Analysis and Application of Tolin's Criteria.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- Discounting of employment opportunities with urine drug testing requirements in opioid users enrolled in the Therapeutic Workplace.Journal of vocational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Gambling treatment service providers' views about contingency management: a thematic analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- What are the ethical implications of using prize-based contingency management in substance use? A scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Challenges to Conducting Contingency Management Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Practice Recommendations for Clinicians.Professional psychology, research and practice · 2021Article
- Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Contingency Management for Patients with Both Psychotic Disorders and Substance Use Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Digital Clinical Trials for Substance Use Disorders in the Age of Covid-19.Journal of addiction medicine · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveContingency management (CM) interventions that reinforce attendance have rarely been evaluated in terms of reducing drug use. Using a sequential randomized design, this study examined the efficacy of three attendance CM conditions compared to usual care (UC) on drug use outcomes. It evaluated whether the duration (6 vs. 12 weeks) and timing (early vs. later treatment) of CM delivery impact treatment response.
methodUpon initiating outpatient treatment, patients with cocaine use disorders (N = 360) were randomized to UC or CM for attending treatment for 6 weeks. At week 6, patients (n = 308) were rerandomized to UC or CM for another 6 weeks, with assignment stratified on current functioning. Samples were screened for illicit drugs twice weekly for 12 weeks.
resultsPatients randomized to CM at both time-points attended more sessions and achieved more abstinence than those never randomized to CM. Relative to UC, receiving attendance CM in weeks 1-6 only was not efficacious, but those receiving attendance CM in weeks 7-12 only evidenced some benefits compared to those who never received CM. Twelve weeks of attendance CM was more efficacious than 6 weeks. No between-groups differences in drug use were noted at follow-ups, but days attended treatment and proportion negative samples during treatment were associated with long-term cocaine abstinence.
conclusionsAttendance-based CM increases treatment participation and reduces drug use, with beneficial effects noted when CM is delivered over longer durations and during later phases of outpatient care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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